>> I'm slowly coming to conclsuion that you are trying to solve a problem >> with Gentoo that binary distros already solved a very long time ago. You >> are forcing yourself to become the sole maintainer of GrantOS and do all >> the heavy lifting of packaging. But, Mint and friends already did all >> that work already and frankly, they are much better at it than you or I. > >> > I think it will work if I can find a way to manage the few differences >> > above. Am I overlooking any potential issues? > > I think Grant Should look at CFengine, if he is not familar > with it. It is the traditional 800 pound Gorrilla when it comes > to managing many systems. Surely there are folks there in those > forums that can help Grant filter his ideas until they are > ready for action. CFengine is in portage. > > Alan may be right, as CFengine (or whatever) may work better > with a binary distribution and is probable more tightly integrated > with something like debian or such OSes.
Can you give me a general idea of how my workflow might be with a solution like that? - Grant
